E-Cigarettes Vs Smoking – Are E Cigarettes bad for you?

E-Cigarettes by there very name are associated with traditional cigarette smoking, but besides the mimicry of actions and the ability to inhale nicotine, the two activites couldn’t be more different. Below we have compiled a comprehensive comparative chart between ecigs and smoking as its traditionally known paying particular attention to the health benefits of ecigs compared to traditional cigarettes.

Although being slightly biased we were suprised to see that cigarettes:

– contain 1600 times the number of chemicals
– cost 8.5 times as much or $3760 more per year for the average smoker
– contribute 760,000 tonnes of non-biodegradable butts annually

E-Cigarettes

Traditional Cigarettes

Health

Number of Chemicals

3

4800+

Types of Chemicals

Nicotine (optional)

Propylene Glycol (asthma medication)

Vegetable Glycerin (Toothpaste)

Hexamine (BBQ Lighter)

Butane (Lighter Fluid)

Cadmium (Batteries)

Stearic Acid (Candle Wax)

Ammonia (Toilet Cleaner)

Methane (Sewer Gas)

Arsenic (Poison)

Methanol (Rocket Fuel)

Hydrogen Cyanide (Prison Executions)

DDT (Insecticide)

Number of Carcinogens (chemicals that cause cancer)

Zero traces of Carcinogens

60

Amount of Nicotene

0-24mg (optional)

20mg

Associated Diseases

None*

Lung Cancer

Heart Disease

Stroke

Emphysema

High Blood pressure

Mouth Ulcsers

And Much More

Associated Deaths

Zero

6 million per year Worldwide (14,900 in Australia)

Life Span

No Effect

Average life span reduced by 14 years

Sales

Total Sales ($$$)

2.4 Billion

744 Billion

Total Sales (Cigarettes)

20 Million

5.6 Trillion

Biggest Company

Njoy (790 million total revenue)

Philip Morris (Global revenue higher then Mcdonalds)

Number of Smokers (Australia)

10 million (unknown)

1 billion (3.1 million)

Cost Per Cigarette

$0.10

$0.85

Cost Per Packet (40)

$3.93

$34

Cost Per Year (average)

$490

$4,250

Environment

Waste

Recyclable Parts

760,000 tonnes of cigarette butts a year (worldwide)

Stain

None

Clothes

Lips

Teeth

Fingers

Walls

Smell

Mild scented aroma

Unpleasant and toxic aroma that absorbs into:

Hair

Breathe

Clothes

Skin

Cars

Fire Danger

Almost zero

Extremly high (Number 1 cause of fires in Australia)

Smoking Location

Most places

Can’t smoke at:

Restaurant/Cafes

Bars

Cars with kids

Public places

Outside most buildings

Miscellaneous

Year Started

2004

1612

Flavours Available

7764 and counting

Less than 100

Hollywood Smokers

Jonny Depp

Katherine Heigl

Dennis Quaid

Leonardo DiCaprio

Catherine Zeta Jones

who have died from smoking related cancer:

John Wayne

Patrick Swayze

Sammy Davis Jnr

Humphrey Bogart

* Because of the relatively short-time ecigarettes have benn available not much research in this field has been done